Week 4 Fantasy Football Projections: Chris Johnson and 3 RBs Ready to Score Big

The 2011 NFL season has seen its fair share of supposedly top NFL running backs under achieve for their owners thus far.

Week 4 will see some of these stars emerge and reassure their owners that selecting them was no mistake.

Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson and Tim Hightower will score big for their owners in Week 4.

Tim Hightower, RB, Washington Redskins

Tim Hightower has had a decent year thus far putting up 209 yards and one touchdown this year, but will have no problem breaking the 120-yard mark and scoring 1-2 touchdowns barring injury against the NFL's worst rush defense, the St. Louis Rams.

Look for the Redskins to open up plenty of space for Hightower to break long runs against a rams defensive line that is weaker than paper.

Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota Vikings

Adrian Peterson has been great in the first half of games, but has seen his touches more than cut in half in the second half for whatever reason.

In two of the three Minnesota Vikings losses they held double-digit halftime leads while Peterson was dominating, and then lost those games after limiting Peterson's touches in the second half. It's no surprise that a team would lose when you take the ball out of the best player's hands.

Look for the Vikings to keep feeding Peterson the ball against the lowly Kansas City Chiefs, and score a substantial amount of points for his owners in the process. Look for AP to rush for around 130-140 yards and score 1-3 touchdowns in Week 4.

Chris Johnson, RB, Tennessee Titans

Chris Johnson has been silent all season long, only rushing for 98 yards so far in three weeks of play due to soreness from injury.

Johnson should break out this week against the Cleveland Browns, ranked 29th in rush defense so far this year.

Look for Johnson to eclipse his season rush total and go for around 115-125 yards rushing and 1-2 touchdowns in Week 4.